ping

[kivi GF]

My friends have ISDN i have it too but they play UT with ping under 80 but I can`t play under 130 what can I do in options or download mutator or change grafic...

[hal]

The only thing that will affect your ping is your connection.

They are probably using a cable modem or dsl. 130 or so with ISDN is pretty good. I used to have a dual line ISDN and that was the best i managed with it.

[I_AM{skullface}]

Uhmmm...

Your ping will ALWAYS be different than your friends. Nothing you can do about that. Your higher ping could be a result of a bunch of different factors, not limited to but including how many hops it takes for you to hit the server, where the server is located, etc.

130 is pretty decent ping, if you were playing at 250+ then I would do some checking into your isp or something to find out why you are pinging badly everywhere.

Otherwise, you're good to go. Now play UT and enjoy it!

-I_AM{skullface}

[the~oreca]

Here's a little expample:
Me and my friend live pretty close, like a street away and on The Web we get about a ping of 300, some games I'll have like 320 and he'll have 300 and vice versa.
Strange thing is that every game I play with people from PuF i get a bad ping but on the servers I usually play in I get under 100

[LordKhaine]

^^ 1337 56K 0wN4g3

[the~oreca]

My DSL is slower then that! o_O
But on some servers I get reeaall low

[unholysupafly]

will i get a lower ping if i put detail levels to low? does my resolution affect it?

[BradL]

Originally posted by unholysupafly
will i get a lower ping if i put detail levels to low? does my resolution affect it?

No, your video resolution has nothing to do with your ping

BradL

[kivi GF]

if i change in Ut menu/options/network from isdn to modem or lan or cable ping will be lower?

[8-4-7-2]

That changes the netspeed. Open the console and type "netspeed 4000". That's usual for ISDN. Try 3000 and 4000 and see how it affects your ping and packetloss (F6). Don't set it too high or you will increase your packetloss as your connection can't handle the incoming traffic. But the lower you set it, the higher your ping will get.
This options in the networking menu just change netspeed in rough steps.

And I already got 90 with single line ISDN

[GoD2.0]

FIBER RULZ I have ping 1 @ my ISP&in the whole country
In Europe it's 210 if the packages go through USA, and 80-90 if it goes directly through Europe

[SludgeX]

You might want to tweak your Windows registry settings to improve overall performance. I tweaked mine after I got DSL, and lowered my pings from an average 110 down to 65.

Try www.dslreports.com. I don't know if it will help a lot using ISDN, but you should a least give it a look.

[ping SDK]

LOL - WTF are you playing at 640x480 for ?????

[kivi GF]

no 800:600

[8-4-7-2]

It is wise to resize pictures as they are unneccessarily big to download. You see the same details on a 800*600 pic than 1024*768

[SimplyCosmic]

8-4, whatever the resolution you use, the image isn't downloaded across the net.

In fact, the performance loss or gain has nothing to do with network speed, but in how quickly your computer can draw the information (which is the same, regardless of the size) while simultaneously handling the networking aspects.

[8-4-7-2]

SC:
I talked about the size of the screenshot there. Not about the resolution you use ingame

[Super Feen]

LordKhaine + 56k modem = Ping 118 WTF! I can barely manage a ping below 400

Question:
Is it the type of modem or some crazy tweeking that made that possible?

[unholysupafly]

i have a 56k modem and i can get pings of 150-200 on a good day

[8-4-7-2]

What type of modem do you have? You need a hardware modem for that. Software modem like a winmodem drain to much CPU power, especially in UT